The Portland daily press., 1887-11-18
the wAsHiNoToN BUDGET.
Treasurer Hyatt's Report of the
Nations Finances.
The Geographical Distribution Of
office Exciting the Democrats.

| The Geographical Distribution Of
office Exciting the Democrats.
Some Things Which the President
VIII Recommend to Congress.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE annual re-
mort of Treasurer Hyatt shows that the rev.
enues for the fiscal year which ended June
30 were s371 .4O3, ,277; ordinary expenditures,
s267, ,932, ,179; surplus receipts available for
reduction of the public debt, S1O3, Az, ,097.
The receipts have increased $34,963, ,559; the
expenditures, $25.449o4l, and the surplus
revenues S9,514,509. During the year S127,-
e11 $50 in United States bonds have been
redeemed, and upwards OF Sl93, 100000 in
limited States paper currency and national
bank notes. The coinage OF silver dollars
was sag 216S3l, an increase of S3677, ,926
ON October 81 the Treasury held S2l4, III, 5,532,
and there were So, 540,625 In circulation.
After the offices.
AS the time for the meeting of Congress
draws nearer, the canvass for officers Of the
House grows more animated. At present
the indications point to the reelection of all
the old officers, from Speaker down The
only fight of any moment is made for the
doorkeepership, for which there are several
candidates, though Colonel Donelson, the
present incumbent, has, his friends claim,
the inside track. Among Democrats there Is
some complaint that the four subordinate
places of the House are held by men of four
States very nearly together geographically;
The States of Ohio, Indiana, Missouri and
Tennessee hold these places, and should this
geographical concentration prove unsatisfac-
tory to the majority of the House, when the
Democrats meet in caucus they may nave
general and surprising redistribution. AS
the case stands, if the old slate holds good,
all the present officials will probably go
through.
Bits from the Reports.
Lieutenant Coltman of the navy reports
the great aid that ship owners. captains and
agents have received from the ice charts pub
lished and sent to all places where vessels
are likely to encounter ice.
Commodore Walker, in his annual report,
recommends the employment OF the small
vessel districts service
The annual report of the Surgeon General
of the Navy says the work on the naval
sanitarium in Penobscot Bay is progressing,
and that the building will be completed at
the close Of the year
The Presidents Message.
Speaker Carlisle spent some time at the
White House last night talking over the
tariff and internal revenue features of the
Presidents message. The recommendations
of revenue and tax reduction to be
made by the President will be even more
emphatic and extensive than those in the
message of last year. They will constitute
the most important portion Of the message.
Free raw materials and considerable reduc- |
tion in the iron, steel. glass and woolen
schedules will be recommended, together
with the repeal of the tobacco taxes and the
taxes on fruit brandies.
No Room for the Mails,
In his annual report General Superintend-
ent Nash of the Railway Mail Service says:
'The managers of some of the New England
roads have refused to furnish the space or
apartment in a car necessary for the proper
distribution of the mails, and as result this
branch of the service has caused some en-
barrassment in that section, and the people
living adjacent to such lines have been given
Just cause for complaint All papers relat-
ing to these cases have been referred 20 your
Office for such action as might he deemed
proper by you"
The cases above referred to, and few
others of minor Importance, are the only IN
stances where the relations between the de-
partment and the railroads have not been OF
the pleasantest and most harmonious charac-
ter, and as result the service Is in as good,
ii not better shape than ever before.
The Nations Gratitude.
Pensions have been awarded Maine people
as follows:
Miranda j., widow of Robert G. Pope, Lisbon
Falls.
Fred E. Hutchinson Litchfeld Plain.
Robert G. Pope deceased, Lisbon Falls.
Carlton Dow, Coopers Mills.
INCREASE.
Cornelius j. Desmond Bridgewater.
John Q. A. Libby, Rockport.
Henry Kennison, Temple.
Joseph Z. Cranmore, Medford Centre.
REISSUE.
Washington F. Lilly, Cedar Grove.
RESTORATION AND REISSUE.
David B. Abbott, North Anson.
Good Bye, Sparks.
President Cleveland, in his letter accept
ing the resignation of Land Commissioner
Sparks, says 81 have read your letter OF
resignation left with me today and also the
communication addressed by you to the Sec
retary of the Interior, accompanying the
same. In the present situation do not feel
called upon to determine the merits OF the
controversy which has arisen between the
Secretary and yourself, further than to say
that my impressions touching the legal ques-
tions involved incline me to rely, as
naturally would do even if had no i'm
pressions of my own, upon the judgment OF
the Secretary. 1t presents a.scase OF inter-
pretation where two perfectly honest men
may well differ. The interest you have
shown in the operations Of the Land Depart
ment and the jealous endeavor to save and
protect the public lands for settlers IN good
faith induce me to believe that you VIII be
please to receive the assurance that TINS pol
Icy. upon which we are all agreed, VIII con,
tinue to be steadfastly pursued, limited ana
controlled, however, by the law and luug-
ment of the courts, by which we may be at
times unwiilingly restrained, but which we
cannot and ought not to resist l desire
| to heartily acknowledge the value Oh
your services in the improved administrator
| Of the Land Department which has been
reached, and to assure you OF my appleciita-
| tion of the rugged and unyielding integrity
| which has characterized your ofnclai con-
| duct. am constrained to accept the reslg-
nation you tender, with assurances oil my
| continued kindly feeling toward you, ana
| with the earnest wish that wherever your
| future way of life may lead, compiete sue
| cess and satisfaction may await you.
Other Matters.
A scheme for smuggling opium into the
| United States has been discovered by the
| treasury department through agents in
| China. Shipments OF the drug are maze 10
| Canada. There it is separated into pack
| ages of small quantities and sent out TO per
| sons especially instructed and stationed at
| ali the frontier towns and cities in the
| States i"
Don M. Dickinson, who it seems is to be
| the new member of the cabinet, is OF the old
| Dickinson family of Massachusetts, and is a
son of Asa Dickinson. He was born in Au-
| burn. N. Y, and went to Michigan with his
parents in his early youth. He was edn-
| Gated there and graduated in law in 1869.
| He practiced with his brother, who, leaving
the State, turned all the practice over to him.
| Since then he has built up large practice.
| His reputation is that of a reliable business
| LAWYER. and his practice is said to yield him
| from S4O. 900 to $4,000 per year. He was
| Greeley man, and in 1876 was chairman Of
the State Democratic committee. In 1884 he
was chosen member of the national COM
mittee which worked for the election of
| cleveland. His reputation is that of a law
yer rather than politician.
The Naval Academy.
The annual report of Commander W. T.
Sampson. superintendent of the United
States Naval Academy, shows that the total
number of cadets now at the academy is 229.
He says high standard of Academic merit
| hos hean maintained during the year, while